I have just installed DesktopTodo v1.3.1 and I am slightly disappointed at how long it takes to load. It is over 5 seconds before I see a splash screen and then a further 25 - 30 seconds before the application is available.

Is there a reason for this long load time - I don't think it has to do much at that point? I haven't used the application much yet because it is still quicker to fire up Chrome and use Toodledo web, but it looks like it could be a really good desktop task management app if it could be speeded-up.

I am sorry for the late reply. I have been busy with 1.4 development and haven't been monitoring this forum often lately. It's been released BTW and I'll be posting it on another post.

I am aware of first load time issue and still trying to minimize it in the process. However, some part of the load time can be a bit tricky to suppress. .Net Framework and third party libraries that I use already contribute to some initial loading time before my code have a chance to do anything yet.

It's not an excuse though, just want to give some picture on factors contributing to initial loading time. I am hoping to allocate more time to do more profiling and optimizations to speed things up after some more functionalities has been implemented/established (I still have some on my lists). Hopefully, the initial loading time can be reduced more.